Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

He leaves a shining wake behind him;
one would think the deep had gray hair!

New American Standard Bible

“Behind him he makes a wake to shine;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired.

King James Version

He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

International Standard Version

The sea is luminescent behind him; his wake turns the sea white, like those with gray hair.

A Conservative Version

He makes a path to shine after him. [A man] would think the deep to be hoary.

American Standard Version

He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.

Amplified


“Behind him he makes a shining wake;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired [with foam].

Bible in Basic English

After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.

Darby Translation

He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.

Julia Smith Translation

He will cause a beaten path to shine after him: the deep will be reckoned to be hoary.

King James 2000

He leaves a path shining after him; one would think the deep to have white hair.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Behind it, {it leaves a glistening wake}; one would think [that] the deep [has] gray hair.

Modern King James verseion

He makes a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be gray-headed.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He maketh the path to be seen after him, and the deep is his walking place.

NET Bible

It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had a head of white hair.

New Heart English Bible

He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.

The Emphasized Bible

After him, he lighteth up a path, one might think the resounding deep to be hoary!

Webster

He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

World English Bible

He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.

Youngs Literal Translation

After him he causeth a path to shine, One thinketh the deep to be hoary.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He maketh a path
נתבה נתיבה נתיב 
Nathiyb 
Usage: 26

to shine
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 42

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

the deep
תּהם תּהום 
T@howm 
Usage: 36

Context Readings

The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?

31 He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;
he makes the sea like an ointment jar.
32 He leaves a shining wake behind him;
one would think the deep had gray hair!
33 He has no equal on earth—
a creature devoid of fear!



Cross References

Genesis 1:2

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Genesis 1:15

They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so.

Genesis 15:15

But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

Genesis 25:8

He took his last breath and died at a ripe old age, old and contented, and he was gathered to his people.

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob answered, “My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.”

Job 28:14

The ocean depths say, “It’s not in me,”
while the sea declares, “I don’t have it.”

Job 38:16

Have you traveled to the sources of the sea
or walked in the depths of the oceans?

Job 38:30

when water becomes as hard as stone,
and the surface of the watery depths is frozen?

Proverbs 16:31

Gray hair is a glorious crown;
it is found in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 20:29

The glory of young men is their strength,
and the splendor of old men is gray hair.

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